A/HRC/10/49 page 9 Recommendation 8 40. OIOS recommended that the Board of Trustees should focus to a greater extent on policy issues such as establishing priorities for the future development of the Fund, fund-raising, monitoring and technical expertise for NGOs, etc. in order to better address the needs of victims of slavery over the long term. 41. During its thirteenth session, the Board of Trustees devoted one day to policy and strategic issues to address the needs of victims of slavery over the long term. Recommendation 9 42. OIOS recommended the establishment of a formal monitoring and evaluation mechanism to ensure that the grants approved are used for the purposes intended. 43. In line with recommendations made by OIOS, the Board recommended monitoring projects on a regular basis. Reports of project visits should be prepared by the secretariat for consideration by the Board at its annual session. The Board recommended undertaking two field missions prior to the disbursements of new grants in December 2008 and to make available 4 per cent of the total budget of the Fund for these field missions. The Board recommended informing UNDP field offices of any planned evaluation missions, and to use these visits for outreach to organizations, particularly in affected areas, that have had low numbers of applications. 44. The Board also revised and adopted new forms for financial and narrative reports strengthening the monitoring and evaluation of grantees. 45. The first field mission was undertaken from 2 to 11 November 2008 by one member of the Board of Trustees (Prateep Ungsongtham Hata) and the secretariat of the Fund to pre-screen and monitor 13 grant recipients and potential grant recipients of the Fund in India (Andhra Pradesh). Findings and recommendations will be presented to the Board for its consideration at its next session. Recommendation 10 46. OIOS recommended establishing a management information system to enable effective monitoring and follow-up of grants. 47. The Board noted with satisfaction that a new grant management system had been developed. This new grant management system is still at an early stage of development and the secretariat is currently building up the system database. Recommendation 12 48. OIOS recommended that OHCHR should further strengthen its fund-raising efforts to raise more resources to increase the dissemination of the purpose and impact of the Fund’s work.